# Another "what were they thinking?" commercial thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983 "2012-12-14T01:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/141 "2012-12-22T05:35:08Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-X4NSTJIAk) Brawny ad. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/142 "2012-12-22T12:07:16Z")
> [@Achren](#): > > [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-X4NSTJIAk) Brawny ad. What. The. F\*ck. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/143 "2012-12-22T15:05:57Z")
> [@Achren](#): > > [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-X4NSTJIAk) Brawny ad. I think you might win the “best example of the OP in a thread” award. I cannot make heads nor tails of what this is supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/144 "2012-12-22T15:23:18Z")
The commercial that creeps me out whenever I see it is the Little Caesar’s even a mime can order pizza. That half mime-half regular kid is freaky. Woah! Nowhere near as freaky as that Brawny ad. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/145 "2012-12-22T15:48:44Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I think you might win the “best example of the OP in a thread” award. I cannot make heads nor tails of what this is supposed to be. Most homoerotic video fiction since the movie 300? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/146 "2012-12-23T01:53:51Z")
The Marie Callender’s commercial, I think it’s for apple pie? Don’t know because when they show the baby in the striped onesie my only thought is, ‘that is one fugly onesie’ and then I don’t notice the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/147 "2012-12-23T06:45:47Z")
> [@Achren](#): > > [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-X4NSTJIAk) Brawny ad. So…if I use Brawny, a giant German dude will squirt on my face, then pick me up and let me squeeze his frosting bag all over his cake? Jeez, that looks like the beginning of a gay porn vid. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/148 "2012-12-23T13:35:36Z")
The current ad I loathe is for some kind of carpet cleaner, Bissell perhaps. The premise of the ad is that the dog keeps shitting all over the house so they need a special carpet cleaner to keep up. It just disgusts me to no end. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/149 "2012-12-23T15:12:12Z")
Has anyone commented on the orangina ads yet with the anthropomorphic animals squirting their juice everywhere? ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/150 "2012-12-23T18:41:40Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > I’m surprised/amused (and perhaps a little delighted) that Folgers Coffee is bringing back the [holiday incest commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQk_pWmisA) again this year. > > (If you don’t get it, watch [this just slightly remixed version of the commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mCAAynVDBo).) First one? Mild creep factor. The remix? I can’t tell you how hard I laughed when Barry starts singing. I knew exactly where it was going! Too funny. That said, I don’t think they’re completely off the mark. My kids are 19 and 15, boy, girl. They get along and fight like normal kids, but since he’s been away to college it’s different. She looks forward to him getting home, jumps and hugs him, and then they’re off to his room until all hours of the night catching up, playing video games, showing each other stupid things on the internet. They’re growing up is all, and acting a little more mature than they have. Hmmm. Think we’d better leave the door open! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/151 "2012-12-23T18:43:31Z")
If you see any signs they’re looking at “brother sister porn” you should put them in different buildings. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/152 "2012-12-23T19:00:14Z")
It’s not about the actors and actions so much as it is the camera work. The director uses very intimate close ups that feature lingering eye contact. That sort of shot has been used since forever to convey romance, not sibling affection. The director was basically deaf to cinematic convention. It’s like he just came from his soap opera gig to shoot a coffee commercial. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@andrew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_1)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/153 "2012-12-23T19:10:10Z")
I have no idea why these commercials bug me, but any phone/tablet/iPad/whatever commercial with some overly-cutesy situation involving two people having a face-to-face conversation. The entire commercial will just be two iPads (or whatever, not making any brand distinctions) on a white background, with two kids on one and war hero Dad currently overseas on the other, or two lovebirds fighting the odds to make a long-distance relationship work, or some other sickening example. The latest is some cutesy girl playing Christmas songs for her grandpa. It’s only a matter of time until one is some schmuck proposing to his girlfriend via iPad. It says more about me than anything else that these commercials piss me off enough to post about them. I wish I knew why I hated them so much, but I can’t come up with a single logical argument. They’re just plainly irritating. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/154 "2012-12-23T19:22:33Z")
> [@andrew\_1](#): > > I have no idea why these commercials bug me, but any phone/tablet/iPad/whatever commercial with some overly-cutesy situation involving two people having a face-to-face conversation. The entire commercial will just be two iPads (or whatever, not making any brand distinctions) on a white background, with two kids on one and war hero Dad currently overseas on the other, or two lovebirds fighting the odds to make a long-distance relationship work, or some other sickening example. The latest is some cutesy girl playing Christmas songs for her grandpa. It’s only a matter of time until one is some schmuck proposing to his girlfriend via iPad. > > It says more about me than anything else that these commercials piss me off enough to post about them. I wish I knew why I hated them so much, but I can’t come up with a single logical argument. They’re just plainly irritating. I have the same reaction to people walking around, watching the scene right in front of them through their phone (or tablet) camera. I know that’s how you take videos and pics, by looking at the viewfinder, but somehow it seems they can’t deal with or maybe even recognize reality unless it’s filtered through technology. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/155 "2012-12-23T22:57:32Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > So…if I use Brawny, a giant German dude will squirt on my face, then pick me up and let me squeeze his frosting bag all over his cake? Jeez, that looks like the beginning of a gay porn vid. It seems to me that after seeing this commercial, many guys would insist that there never be another roll of Bounty in the house. Has anyone actually seen this commercial on TV? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/156 "2012-12-23T23:46:57Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > It seems to me that after seeing this commercial, many guys would insist that there never be another roll of Bounty in the house. > > Has anyone actually seen this commercial on TV? It’s been quite a while, but I’m pretty sure I have. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/157 "2012-12-24T00:25:20Z")
The Buick Verano spot I keep seeing on Hulu. Wife is holding weird fruit, husband asks what it is. Passing stranger identifies it and congratulates wife on her good taste. Husband asks who that was; wife names him (Ted Allen) and then has to explain he’s a "famous’ chef. Cut to a fourth person sitting in his car, smiling and saying, “Nice.” What does exotic fruit have to do with cars; what does Ted Allen have to do with cars, and if he’s so damn famous why do you have to explain who he is; and lastly, who is the guy in the car to anyone else in this muddle? ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_Ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@Harvey\_Ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_Ferguson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/158 "2012-12-24T17:16:46Z")
> [@azraiel](#): > > Now here I’ve gone and released a phrase into the wild, and I done goofed it up. While I originally typed “no more fucks to give,” it’s really more effective as “out of fucks to give.” It’s more satisfying because you can really emphasize the word ‘out’: “Dude is _out_ of fucks to give.” > > _ **Maybe some are on back order, and the fucks will be restocked after vacation. Or maybe he’s decided to stop carrying them at all, and will forever be out.** _ > > And now I’ll stop hijacking your thread. 😃 > > [/hijack] That sounds like something George Carlin might have said. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/159 "2012-12-24T17:46:20Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Ha ha that double penetration commercial cracks me up. Oh My Lord Thatsthebestcommercialever ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_Ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@Harvey\_Ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_Ferguson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983/160 "2012-12-24T18:03:35Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Two words: [Skittles Pox](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmF9ylLDBIY). > > Ewwwww… More Skittles, never seen this on TV though. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EGjaxhTWs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EGjaxhTWs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-were-they-thinking-commercial-thread/643983.md?page=9)